"Two people have been killed and at least eight others were wounded in a shooting outside of the Empire State Building in New York City on Friday, according to a New York police source.
One of the dead was the shooter, the source said, adding that there was no apparent link to terrorism.
A fire department spokesman says it received a call about the shooting just after at 9 a.m. Friday and that emergency units were on the scene within minutes.
The shooting occurred at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue.
The building is two blocks from Pennsylvania Station, one of New York City’s main transportation hubs." - TheGlobeAndMail